Morrison's Pensions
Pension Application for Daniel Hill
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W.19775
State of New York
Madison County SS
On this second
day of October in the year 1838, personally appeared before Joseph Clark one
of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, Alice Hill a
resident of the Town of Southfield in said county of Madison aged seventy one
years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the
following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the pension made by the
Act of Congress passed July 7, 1838, entitled “An act granting half pay & pensions
to certain widows”. That she is the widow of Daniel Hill late of
the town of Fenner in said county deceased. That the said Daniel Hill was
at the time of his death an applicant for a pension under the act of June 1832,
but died previous to the granting of his Pension Certificate that a Pension Certificate
was offered to him a few months after his death & the said Alice Hill his
widow received the amount due him up to the time of his death. That the
papers of the said Daniel Hill are on file in the office of the Commissioner
of Pension, to what the said Alice refers for proof of his services—That
the said Daniel Hill was a resident of said county at the time he made his application
for said Pension—She further declares that she was married to the said
Daniel Hill in Greenwich State of Massachusetts by the Rev. M. Cutter on the
28 day of July 1785—That her maiden name was Alice Gros—That he said
husband, the aforesaid Daniel Hill died in the town of Fenner in Madison County
on the 22d day of January 1834—That she has remained the widow of the said
Daniel Hill ever since his death—That she was not married to him prior
to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first
of January seventeen hundred & ninety four (viz) at the time above
stated.
(Signed) Alice Hill
Sworn to & subscribed
on the day & year above written before me & I certify that the said
Alice Hill cannot from bodily infirmity attend the court.
Joseph Clark
Judge of Madison Common Pleas
I,
Joseph H. Patrick of the Town of Greenwich, in the County of Hampshire,
and State of Massachusetts certify that I am the ordained minister of the
gospel in the said Town and have the care and custody of the church records
of said town, and that the following is a true copy of said church records,
with the exception of the date, which is expressed on said records, in
four legible figures as follows.
“July
the twenty-eighth in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and eighty-five,
Daniel Hill and Alice Gross both of Greenwich were married.
I, Joseph
H. Patrick above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of ordained
minister of the gospel in the said town of Greenwich and that the above is
a true extract from the records of the church in said town now in my keeping
and custody with the exception above named as certified by me. And that the
said record appears to be in the handwriting of the Rev. Robert Cutter, former
pastor of said church. Joseph H. Patrick. Hampshire SS, August
19th 1838. When Rev. Joseph H. Patrick above named personally appeared
and made [record ends here].
State of New York
County of Madison SS
On this
ninth day of October 1832, personally appeared in open court before James B.
Eldridge , Nathan K. Fuller, Sylvanus Soba?, Elisha Randell & Berand Buker,
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Madison in the State of
New York now sitting, Daniel Hill a resident of the Town of Fenner in said
county aged Eight years on the first day of May last past, who being first
duly sworn according to law, doth on his oat make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7, 1832. That
he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers
and served as herein stated. He stood as one of the minute men of the
town of Sherburn in the State of Massachusetts from the month of February 1775
until the battle of Lexington in the monthly of April in the same year on the
day of what battle. At 19 of April 1775, he turned out & joined his
company in the afternoon of that day commanded by Capt. Joseph Mores, on the
Walthon plain, & remained in the service at Charleston &b Cambridge
until some time in the month of May following, when he enlisted for eight months
at Charleston in said Capt Joseph Mores company on Bodowin near [?] & [?]
Sanger was ensign of the company—The Regiment in what he served was commanded
by Col. Pattison & Lieut. Col. Reed, our regiment was stationed to guard
Lichmore Point & he the said applicant was on [?] Island called Lichmore
Point during the battle of Bunker Hill. Col. Patterson regiment continued
to guard the Point until the said applicant was discharged about the first
of January 1771. He had no written discharge. He served the full
term of his enlistment in said Regiment & about one month as a minute man
previous to his said enlistment. While at Lichmore Point [?] troops were
almost continually [?] from the British shipping & on the day of the Battle
of Bunker Hill many of our men was killed—He knew General Warren who
was killed at Bunker Hill—In the month of April 1776 at the town of Sherborn
(Mass) he again enlisted for eight months in a company commanded by Capt. Chamborline,
Lieut John Whitney, Lieut Wm Farbo & Enisng Naurman Sawin in Col. Wheelocks
regiment. The regiment was collected together at Framingham about four
weeks after he enlisted & marched from Framingham to Charleston number
forces in New Hampshire, passing through Ream & Bellowsfall from Charleston
marched to [Green Point crossed out] the mouth of Otter Creek & then
went aboard of Batteau & sent to Ticonderoga. Where he served at
Ticonderoga Genl Gates would not suffer us to land on account of the small
pox & he sent across the [?] to Fort Independence & lay there in the
woods about twelve days & he was then ordered back to Ticonderoga by General
Gates & our regiment was stationed close by Col. Starks regiment. We
built a floating bridge across the lake from Ticonderoga to Fort Independence—built
a battery at Fort Independence, one at Ticonderoga & expanded the battery
near French Mills—Went down to Crown Point in a Batteau, with General
Gates when the British came up the British followed us up in a barge to view
our work—The British sank five of our gun boats at the mouth of Otter
Creek River—That [?] 400 Indians at fort Ticonderoga & General Gates
gave the Indians five dollars for each Cow Boy they would scalp—He was
discharged by General Gates in the month of November a short time before his
time was out on account of lame leg—His discharge is lost—He has
no documentary evidence of his service & he knows of no person except Benjamin
Morse of Eaton, Madison County NY who can testify to any part of his said service. He
was born at the town of Sherborn (Mass) on the 1 day of May 1752. Has
a record of his age in his family Bible.—He was living at Sherborn (Mass)
when called into the service & since the Revolutionary War, he has lived
in Gacomich? (Mass) New Hartford, Oneida County N.Y & in Lenox Madison
county, Smithfield, Madison Co. & in Fenner Madison County, his present
place of residence.
He is known
to Joseph S. Palmer, Daniel Pratt & John G. Curtis who live in his
neighborhood & who can testify as to his character for veracity & as
to their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.. He
hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the
present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency
of any state.
(Signed) Daniel Hill
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year first aforesaid A.S. Sloan
Clk
We, Joseph
S. Palmer of Eaton, Madison County & Daniel Pratt of Fenner Madison County
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Hill who has subscribed & sworn
to the above declaration: that we believe him to be eighty years of age: that
he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been
a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion. Joseph
S. Palmer, Daniel Pratt
A.S. Sloan Clk.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation
of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war
department. That the above named, applicant was a revolutionary soldier & so
did as he states. And the court further certifies that as appears to
them that Joseph S. Palmer & Daniel Pratt who have signed the preceding
certificate the former as residents in the town of Eaton & the latter
in the town of Fenner in said County of Madison & as credible persons & that
their statement is entitled to credit. I, Andrew S. Sloan, Clerk of
the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Madison aforesaid do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in
the matter of the application of Daniel Hill for a pension. In testimony
whereof I have hereinto set my hand & seal of officer this ninth day
of October 1832. A. S. Sloan, Clk.
Letter
included in the Pension Folder.
February 17, 1940
Mrs. F. L. Vaughn
500 N.W. 20th Street Apt. C.
Dear Madam:
The data
which follow were taken from papers on file in the pension claim, W.19775,
based on the military service of Daniel Hill.
Daniel Hill
was born May 1, 1752, in Sherborn (also called Hatick) Massachusetts. The
names of his parents are not shown.
While living
in Hatick, Massachusetts, he served from February, 1775, as minuteman in Captain
Joseph Mores’s company until May, 1775, when he enlisted as private in
said company in Colonel John Paterson’s Massachusetts regiment and served
until about the first of January, 1776. He enlisted in April, 1776, and
served five months and twenty days as private and two months as sergeant in
Captain Chamberlain’s company in Colonel Wheelock’s Massachusetts regiment.
After the
Revolution, he lived in Greenwich, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, in Hartford,
Coneida County, New York, and in Lenox, Smithfield and Fenner, all in Madison
County, New York. While a resident of the last named place he was allowed
pension on is application executed October 9, 1832.
Daniel Hill
died January 23, 1834, in Fenner, New York.
Daniel Hill
married July 28, 1785, In Greenwich, Massachusetts, Alice Gross, and both were
residents of Greenwich.
As the widow
of Daniel Hill, Alice Hill was allowed pension on her application executed
October 2, 1838, at which time she was seventy-one years of age and was living
in Smithfield, Madison County, New York.
There are
no further data relative to the family of Daniel Hill.
If you desire
to obtain the date of last payment of the widow’s pension, the name and
address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of the widow, it
is suggested that you address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office,
Records Division, Washington, D.C. giving the following data:
Alice Hill,
widow of Daniel Hill, Certificate 2210, issued March 28, 1839, rate $46.66
per annum, commenced March 4, 1836, Act of July 7, 1838, Albany, New York Agency.
Very truly yours,
A.D. Hiller, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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